Jeffrey Kaplan (academic) explained

Jeffrey Kaplan
Birth Place:United States
Known For:Research on extremism
Education:MA, PhD
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
Occupation:Professor, author
Workplaces:University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Jeffrey Kaplan (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on racism, religious violence, terrorism and the far-right. He is an associate professor of religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory.[1]

Kaplan sits on the editorial boards of the journals Terrorism and Political Violence, Nova Religio and The Pomegranate.[1]

Education

Kaplan earned an M.A. in Linguistics from Colorado State University in 1981, a M.A. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1989, and earned a Ph.D. in the history of culture from the University of Chicago in 1993.[2] His thesis was titled "Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From Christian Identity to Gush Emunim".[3]

Career

Kaplan was an associate professor of history at Iḷisaġvik College in Utqiagvik, Alaska.[4]

Kaplan was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for a project on "The Emergence of a Violent Euro-American Radical Right" with Leonard Weinberg.[5] Kaplan occupied the Bicentennial Fulbright Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland from 1998 to 1999.[6]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory – Board of Academic Advisors . 2009-07-19 . 2018-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817122133/http://www.uwosh.edu/isrvm/board/kaplan.php . dead .
  2. Web site: Religious Studies Faculty. University of Wisconsin. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150615023543/http://www.uwosh.edu/anthropology/religious-studies-program/religious-studies-faculty. 15 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Revolutionary millenarianism in the modern world from Christian identity .... Online Catalog of the Library of Congress. 12 June 2015.
  4. Book: Kaplan . Bjørgo. Jeffrey. Tore. Nation and Race. 1998. 260. 9781555533328. 12 June 2015.
  5. Web site: The Emergence of a Violent Euro-American Radical Right . . 2009-07-19 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102207/http://www.hfg.org/gumtree/Display/HFGDisplay.cfm?GID=174 . dead .
  6. Web site: North American Studies – Bicentennial Fulbright Chair in American Studies. University of Helsinki. 12 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20060115072715/http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/renvall/pam/bicentennial.html. 15 January 2006.

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